
Andrew Gimson’s PMQs sketch: See the incredible rejuvenating effects of “Tory sleaze” on dejected Lefties
Johnson declined to look in the slightest bit abashed, and instead offered, as an inspiring example, the recapture of the Falkland Islands.
Johnson declined to look in the slightest bit abashed, and instead offered, as an inspiring example, the recapture of the Falkland Islands.
“I make absolutely no apology for doing everything I could to secure ventilators for the people of this country.”
The lesson of this drama is that fans must make their voices heard, rather than Ministers threaten knee-jerk legislation.
The rush towards Something Must Be Done should be paused. How about having a fresh look at ethics and values, as well as the concept of trust?
For the lost Labour seats of the Red Wall, Labour is simply still the party of Britain-bashing and university Marxists.
The Leader of the Opposition looked rejuvenated, but Johnson declined to oblige him by looking in the slightest bit worried by the Greensill affair.
The Prime Minister described, with relish, Prince Philip’s ability to drive “a coach and horses through the finer points of diplomatic protocol”.
“He’s been there – a symbol of the nation we hope to be at our best. A source of stability. A rock.”
Plus: Don’t let the serialisation put you off Alan Duncan’s diaries – it’s the insights into being a Foreign Office minister that really shine.
The more you ponder the Commons arithmetic, the more you see why mass testing is likely to happen and why a state-run vaccine passport scheme is not.
Strangely, one of the few things that now unites voters across the Left and Right is a feeling he won’t win an election.
The sad truth is that many local Labour councils and local bureaucracies don’t want it: they’re scared of it.
Starmer attacked Johnson for promising not to cut the size of the Army, yet now doing exactly that.
That there may be as many as three investigations into Saturday’s events on Clapham Common tells us much we need to know.
Labour has not yet found a way to beat the Prime Minister, but it does sometimes force him to play safe.